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Illumination In The Flatwoods by Joe Hutto.
What can I say? Got turkeys on the brain!

docost, Lovett Williams was a turkey biologist in Florida. I read his books and bought cassette tapes (yes tapes!).
His emphasis was on understanding the turkeys biology/behavior and basically getting in the way of that behavior.
I've taken a lot of turkeys because of his advice.
My favorite tactic is the scratch. Scratch scratch pick(hesitation), scratch scratch pick,... sound you make with hand on dry leaves as you hunt. It will fool Tom.
lovett williams

He's got seven empty loops in the front of his cartridge belt. I wonder if he shot the tiger 13 times? Six in the rifle and seven from the belt. The cartridges in the front are easiest to reach. You wouldn't think he was hunting with them empty.

I'm reading 'Safari" by Elmer Keith. It took a few years, but I finally found a copy I could buy without needing a cosigner.

“How to Remodel Your Bathroom” by Lowe’s, Home Depot or your friendly neighborhood plumber. Not as exciting as the stuff you guys are reading but it can be pretty edgy stuff when you have to get it done in a one bath house.

Re-reading Alan Furst's "The Polish Officer." Sad, but true. If any country (with possible exception of "Kurdistan") has been betrayed by its "friends and neighbors" more than Poland, I'm not aware of it. Furst almost always gets his guns right, which is more than 99.9% of fiction writers can say....we won't even speak of Hollywood.

I have had this book on the shelf for a good 10-12 years now. One of the best references for pre-1938 American rifles I've found in terms of general features and variations.

Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. I went and ordered a copy off Amazon. I've read a few of Furst's novels but somehow that one got by me. Excellent writer who really captures the flavor of pre-war and wartime Europe.

Another of my all time favorites is Philip Kerr. His flawed anti-hero Bernie Gunther is a man of the times, surviving as a civilian police inspector within Nazi Germany, coerced into a stint in the SS during the war, and his misadventures post-war while trying to evade his past. Real page turners. I anxiously await each new book. (Note: if you want to sample him- and you should- do read them in chronological order. Each novel is capable of standing alone, but the enjoyment is enhanced if taken in order.) Kerr is another writer who gets his guns right, but most of that stuff is limited to German pistols.

The one writer who is flawless about getting his gun stuff right because he's a gun loony in real life (and writes occasional bits for The American Rifleman) is Stephen Hunter. If you've never read any of his stuff (which should also be taken in chronological order) get thee hence to the library/bookstore/Amazon.

Stephen Hunter👍👍

Going through the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/ Maturin historical novels. Had read them piecemeal but am now doin' it scientific like, 1st thru 21st. Just about to start "The Ionian Mission", number 8 in the series. Naval yearns following the two main characters in the Napoleonic wars era including our war with the English in 1812. Frigate fights, spies and all sorts of neat stuff. Excellent writer, outstanding characters.

Jim Corbett for the umphteen time. I never get tired of his writings. Allan Eckert is another favorite.

Mike

Picked this up at a yard sale recently,love the old black and white pics.

Going through the Hornblower series for about the fourth time or so.

If you enjoy that George, check out O'Brian if you haven't already.

Carry The Wind - Terry C. Johnston. About the Golden Age of fur trapping in the Rockies. First of a trilogy.

Yeah, gnoaahh, I have read (and hope to read more of) the Bernie Gunther series. Good stuff; careful research makes good historic fiction!

kenster99, I love Jim Bond's HUGE mulie. I hate his GARISH early Weatherby; makes me ashamed to be one of those "California hunters." So glad that "California style" died out....

Neat pics; thanks for posting!

That rifle does have some bling to it. Check out the guy with the deer head stuck in his Buick grill. License plate from North Hollywood, 1956!

The caption says one shot from a 22HP. The Blue Tiger

I'm in the middle of a bathroom remodel too. Start tiling Monday after a gun show tomorrow. Lots of work, but I'm glad to have a winter project. This kind of ambition is very scarce once the heat sets in down here.

maybe the caption lied